Question about results on fights stopped between rounds

It is rather confusing. Both fighters heard the bell that ended round 9, so, in my opinion, it should go into the books as a TKO10.

 

I think if the bell rang to start the round and they didn't answer it, then the beginning of that round counts.

For instance, Ali-Liston 1 is a TKO 8 because the bell rang and Liston didn't answer it. Ali-Frazier 3 is a TKO 14 because it was stopped between rounds, the bell didn't sound for the 15th.

I remember though that there was a fight recently that didn't follow this, so I got confused again.

 

Each commission and/or sanctioning body has its own rules on what a TKO is officially called if it ends between rounds.

Germany I believe usually calls it for the round before, in the US it's usually the upcoming round.

 

Yes, and I believe that's what it was announced as at the time, correct?

The American reports probably just assumed it was a TKO 10, going by the rules they're used to.

 

I believe the answer to Rumsfeld's question concerns the jurisdiction where the fight is held. I know that in some US states, the result goes into the recordbook as a TKO in the most recent round completed. In other states, it is recorded as a TKO in the upcoming round. I'm sure foreign countries have their own rules.

 

Even if there were a general rule of thumb nationally, or worldwide, for such matters, it is guarranteed that somebody somewhere would break it. That is because sanctioning bodies everywhere have a neurotic need to break with the rules, and to establish some precedent to put themselves at odds with everyone else.

 

Graham Houston of www.fightwriter.com has something interesting to say about this topic. Here are his words, and you can read the rest of the article on his website:

"Note: This was clearly a TKO9 for Klitschko, although members of the betting fraternity have been debating whether it should be considered a 10th-round stoppage, the argument being that the minute’s interval between the ninth and 10th rounds had elapsed before the fight was officially stopped. For players who wagered on Klitschko winning in the ninth or 10th round specifically, these things matter. I will do a Graham Says column on this, probably to be posted on Sunday evening."

 

Boxing has always been filled with controversies. I can remember when many boxing experts considered a TKO the same as a KO, with no distinction between the two. There was good bit of arguing about it before that was changed.

Maybe a stoppage between the 9th and 10th should be considered TKO 9.5?

 

Never really thought about it before, I've always assumed it would be called as a stoppage in the following round. As in didn't come out for the.......

 

This has always been my understanding of the rule.